WALES — Find a way. One heartbeat. Rise as one. We believe. Do your job. Make a play. The Oak Hill buzzwords and catch phrases that have now sparked three consecutive Class D South football championships are part sports cliché, part pop psychology. Cynical sportswriters stopped quoting them a while ago. Twenty consecutive wins and a […]
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H.S. Football: Oak Hill defense gives opponents negative energy
WALES — Oak Hill didn’t face many average opponents on its journey to a third consecutive Class D football championship game. Lisbon, Winthrop/Monmouth and Dirigo all demonstrated that they would have been worthy representatives of the Campbell Conference. To put things in the perspective of a sports world dominated by statistics, however, here is what the […]
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Oak Hill Raider offers reward for her missing football jersey
SABATTUS — Mahala Smith is looking for her white No. 1 jersey she wears playing for the Oak Hill High School Raiders football team at home games. It went missing Saturday after the Class D regional final against the Lisbon High School Greyhounds, and she’d like to wear it Friday night in Orono when the […]
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Jeff Tweedie: Winthrop/Monmouth football’s engine that could
A program manager for the Maine Department of Transportation, he lives in a cozy, country home, tucked into a hillside. He is indebted to his wife and wholly devoted to his three children, twin teenage sons and a preschool daughter. His avocation for the past five years: Defensive coordinator and line coach for Winthrop/Monmouth youth […]
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College Football: Hamilton shuts out Bates in season finale
CLINTON, N.Y. — The Bates football team ended its season on a down note Saturday, as the Bobcats were shut out for the first time all season in a 14-0 loss at Hamilton. The Bobcats (2-6) squandered early chances, with a punt after driving into Hamilton territory on their first drive and a missed 29-yard […]
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The Hot Corner: Just another senior moment for emotionally charged Oak Hill
WALES — You can’t throw a water bottle at the Oak Hill football huddle without hitting a senior. If a senior gets hurt, a classmate replaces him. When a senior makes a rare mistake, another one provides a play to balance the books and protect the lead. There’s little doubt that maturity is the primary reason […]
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Class D South football championship: Oak Hill outlasts Lisbon, 21-20
The Raiders get a stop, helped by the fickle fate of a loose pigskin, to protect the lead in the fourth quarter. Then they bleed the clock dry. It worked again on a blustery Saturday afternoon, and yet again at Lisbon’s expense. After the Greyhounds’ third unanswered touchdown of a titanic comeback ended in a […]
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Class B North football championship: Brunswick blasts Brewer
While nothing ever adequately explains a 49-0 shellacking in a regional final, perhaps that tale of a warm front colliding with a cold front makes sense of the perfect storm that allowed the Dragons to defend their title with ease. “We came in obviously wanting revenge for that one loss,” Brunswick senior quarterback Thomas Hanson […]
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H.S. Football: Therrien takes Oak Hill to new heights
WALES — Nobody’s perfect, but the football season Dalton Therrien has put together at quarterback for Oak Hill is startlingly close to that standard. Therrien has completed 60 percent of his passes for 17 touchdowns against no interceptions. He is the Raiders’ leading rusher with 737 yards and 11 TDs. Nine opponents have succeeded in sacking […]
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Class D South Football Final: No secrets between Oak Hill, Lisbon
Two Class D championship runs showed Oak Hill the value of regular-season losses as teachable moments and motivators. The Raiders were knocked off by Old Orchard Beach and Winthrop in 2013 and Dirigo in 2014 before hoisting championship gold. Now Oak Hill enters the Class D South title game undefeated, at home, against a Lisbon […]